Garden Center Merchandising Ideas
The Perennials Marketing Contest ran for three years and focused on retail garden center merchandising concepts. If you’d like to find out more, check out the following Winner articles

Responsive Merchandising Print
There’s hardly anything more soothing than the sound of a fountain. Even more so in a garden in one of the driest states in the Union.“The theme of our display was in direct response to the majority of our customers who regularly come in asking how to create a garden that will encourage butterflies, hummingbirds and other wildlife into their yards,” explained Holly Cassity, manager of Sweetwater Garden in Riverton, Wyoming — one of the top ten entries in the 2008 Perennials Marketing Contest sponsored by Plant Publicity Holland and the Perennial Plant Association.
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Pathways to Perenials are Combo Crazy! Print
New approach to plant displays increased average sales from $55 to $85

Who wouldn’t want to replicate this stunning border in their own garden?Congratulations to Pathways to Perennials in Kettleby, Ontario, Canada, one of the top ten winners of the 2008 Perennials Marketing Contest sponsored by Plant Publicity Holland and the Perennial Plant Association.

“Pathways’ ‘Combo Crazy’ perennials display was created out of necessity,” admitted garden center co-owner Lorraine Mennen, “as we are constantly challenged to find space to house, care for and properly display all our plant material. Being plant lovers first and stylists second, we have a million plant favorites that we just can’t do without, as well as wanting to try out all of the hot, new things.”
  
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Lurie Garden Display Print
The new wave in perennial design

The almost ‘formal entry to Chalet Nursery’s perennial display is a sharp contrast to the wild, meadow-like perennial display.The five acre Lurie Garden in Chicago’s Millennium Park, designed by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd., Piet Oudolf and Robert Israel was the inspiration for the Chalet Nursery and Garden Center in Wilmette, Illinois, Top Ten Winning entry in the 2008 Perennials Marketing Contest sponsored by Plant Publicity Holland and the Perennial Plant Association.
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A Monarch’s Retreat Print
Upon closer inspection this entrance to the Monach Retreat display features potted plants on the ground and those in two layers of a tiered fountain, giving instant height and interest. What a great idea!DeWayne’s Home & Garden Showplace of Selma, North Carolina is the third prize winner in the 2008 Perennials Marketing Contest. Plant Publicity Holland and the Perennial Plant Association, co-sponsors of the contest, offer their hearty congratulations to DeWayne’s staff members Lewis Carver, growing green team leader and Marcia Woodall, marketing coordinator for their prize winning entry.
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4 Seasons Garden Center Williston, Vermont — 'Fresh As A Daisy' Print

The display table, embellished to look like a wagon being pulled by the tractor, showcased the special daisy offer. Located at the entrance to the garden center, one couldn't come or go without being enticed.Congratulations to 4 Seasons Garden Center of Willison, Vermont for their Top Ten award-winning submission in the 2007 Perennials Marketing Contest sponsored by Plant Publicity Holland and the Perennial Plant Association.

It was both the simplicity and whimsy of the submission that attracted the eye of the judges. After all, the 'garden center experience' should be fun as well as purposeful.

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